Irish defender Seamus Coleman has agreed a new four-year deal at Premier League side Everton.
Coleman joined the Toffees from Sligo Rovers in January 2009 and turned in a series of promising performances in the first half of last season.
The 21-year-old Donegal man was later loaned out to Blackpool and has made a major contribution towards the club’s Coca-Cola Championship promotion charge, which culminates in a play-off final against Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon.
Manager David Moyes: “He has caught the imagination of a lot of supporters. You’ve got to remember this is a boy we’ve taken from Ireland. We’ve brought him in and he’s had very little of what I would call senior football. So we had to get him some games.
“He had a terrible injury in pre-season which kept him out and, if it hadn’t been for that, he might have had more games and he might have even been further along.
“But I think these games for Blackpool, at the level they’re playing at, will do him no harm at all.”
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